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    Originally posted by cOOLio View Post

    Yes I start already a research for a power supply. But have to find a good universal one, I could also use for other things (in case of). Changing voltage and polarity, etc. I already got such a power supply but it has only 1V, 1,5V, 3V, 4,5V, 6V, 9V and 12V. But 4,5V is to low and 6V to much.


    Here another test with my shitty slow Z4 box. With my own ROM I get always only 30K @ AnTuTu 6.3.3 (WTF?)


    [ Test Result ]

    ROM: Shomari Z4 4PDA (OC & T8C)
    Power: Stock power supply 5V 2A

    Stress CPU: OC > Reboot after 20 - 30 sec.
    Stress CPU: T8C > Reboot after 10 sec. Click image for larger version Name:	1_Shomari_Z4_4PDA.png Views:	1 Size:	45.0 KB ID:	641762


    Click image for larger version Name:	OC_Z4-4PDA_antutu.png Views:	1 Size:	30.3 KB ID:	641763
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    Click image for larger version Name:	Z4-4PDA_antutu-video1.png Views:	1 Size:	86.2 KB ID:	641767
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    Pretty shitty results, compared to yours.

    I also opened the box after I re-flashd my own V2 rom and did some Stress CPU tests again and checked also Kernel Auditor.

    After a few minutes the clock speed went pretty down (both cluster max 600) but it stayed stable. Quit the test after 3h. But that small heatsink went also pretty hot. Maybe this box has an heat issue, or the heatsink isn't fixed properly? Will check also for a better heatsink, that covers the ram as well. The box has also this big metal plate inside. I think it's something like a heat collector. Because of that, there isn't much space for higher heatsink. Or I have to remove the metal plate!? Will check.

    Android is Java on Linux. Lets say splitted in 3 level. On the top the bling bling APK (level 3). In the middle the Java Framework (level 2) and at thebasement Linux (level 1)

    So there are a lot of options to port a rom. Especial while the interfaces between these levels have to talk always in the same way.
    And my first problem was not the dtd, becasue I dind't touch any of the 1 level at the beginnig. Only Framework and my level 3 bling bling.
    To get samba and App2SD running, I had only to change to vold, Because in your ROM, there isn't a mount point for external_SD to use as system mount point. Only as removable SD card.
    I know the code of your ROM already pretty good. Mostly pretty clean. Only a few hidden fully loaded corps. But not used at all.

    BTW I search already for a full dump of the V99 Hero. But so far no luck. But right now I first have to check why my box is so damn slow ...
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    Do you know the reason why AnTuTu plays no sound? Or only a few time annoying noise. like you send raw audio to spdif but it accepts only pcm. Not with your rom. I'm struggling a bit with my other Yundo Y1 S912 project.

    30K? That's gotta feel slow.

    There's no heat throttling in my firmware (remember, I literally took it out). What app do you use to 'stress' the CPU?

    Any heatsink would do fine, and I don't recommend anyone use that 4PDA build, as I've said, use the updated ones, especially if you have a Z4.

    I haven't had any reason to check heat in months, literally, because I've never had any issues and it's only very recently that I've seen the odd report of suspected heat problems, but it's always someone saying the device suddenly shut off, which I know is not what heat throttling does.

    I'm not making any changes at this point on that front. I even used a stress test app a day or two ago, one that stresses the cpu/gpu simultaneously. I couldn't reproduce any issues at all.

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      Originally posted by dkholm56 View Post
      http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...lby-truehd-dts
      does anyone else in this thread have this box? if you do, have you been able to successfully flash/boot Shomari's firmware, or any other rk3368 firmware? I haven't been able to boot any firmware other than the stock for this box, and I just want to see if anyone else has it, and if so have you been able to boot Shomari's or any custom rom/firmware.
      thanks in advance for any replies.
      That's just strange. I wonder if I install M8 firmware to my box of it'll boot, and if it'll mess with me installing other firmware afterwards. I'll check and let you know..

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        dkholm56 turns out the M8 Pro firmware you sent me is actually Zidoo firmware. I know it's 'M8 Pro' firmware, but the inner workings show it actually originated with Zidoo. Makes sense, because they have some of the most oddball structure I've ever seen.

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          Full firmware: old link is bust, download here https://mega.nz/#!DBgw1RTA!4mfrgm8C6...q2X8Wy1h2u3YC0

          Z4 - Power menu fix: http://ge.tt/7GKnMgj2
          Z4 - True octacore: http://ge.tt/9MIlMgj2

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            dkholm56 once you're on your stock firmware, flash only these images and see if it runs https://mega.nz/#!XUYkCTCI!ggsyh5Twg...hkciIrmT4CS1aM

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              Originally posted by Shomari View Post
              dkholm56 once you're on your stock firmware, flash only these images and see if it runs https://mega.nz/#!XUYkCTCI!ggsyh5Twg...hkciIrmT4CS1aM
              Shomari, I'm on stock firmware now. Will flash images and report results. I knew I wasn't crazy. Something was really strange about this box. I have rooted and flashed many different boxes before but this one has been a pain.
              thanks again man for all your help.

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                Originally posted by dkholm56 View Post

                Shomari, I'm on stock firmware now. Will flash images and report results. I knew I wasn't crazy. Something was really strange about this box. I have rooted and flashed many different boxes before but this one has been a pain.
                thanks again man for all your help.
                flashed the images successfully but when I connected back to HDMI on TV had No Signal. Even tried the AV connection to TV. I'll try flashing images again after I flash the stock firmware back.

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                  Originally posted by Shomari View Post

                  That's just strange. I wonder if I install M8 firmware to my box of it'll boot, and if it'll mess with me installing other firmware afterwards. I'll check and let you know..
                  cool. really appreciate all your help.

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                    If you are wondering how the "cooler" of the Z4 looks like, here are some Fotos.

                    It was really difficult to remove.

                    I replaced it with an old chipset cooler from an Elitegroup Motherboard (really old).

                    The metal plate at the top is meant to make contact with the cooler and spread the heat farther more.
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                      Originally posted by Shomari View Post

                      ... which update shows the banding? The latest from a few days ago?

                      I've said before that's probably a framebuffer issue. I can find a fix but it would require user participation, as I can't replicate anything even close to that on my setup, never have. I hope you understand.

                      Also, mo123's firmware can easily be used with (most of my tweaks) by using the boot and resource from any V2 firmware and slipping into the firmware you want to use it in.

                      In the case of those Nagrace builds, they use a second layer boot image that contains the resource and dtb, and it requires you swap the boot out completely to swap the resource. (unless you know how to replace the dtb inline, which most users don't) Be aware that mo123 and Nagrace may look at this practice negatively; I'm simply informing as to how their firmware structure works, not advocating for or against its decompilation.

                      I don't recommend mixing and matching of images, but if it's what you think would work best for your case, I have no issues at all with it.
                      Its the 4PDA Rom that shows the banding... It comes when you deactivate the always use HW overlay setting.

                      About mo's Rom.. i meant the Marshmallow one... I don't think that i can mix them and create Frankensteins Rom... (although it would be nice, it is a very stable Rom... but needs the right recource.img )

                      About V2:
                      I must say i never had heat problems or power supply problems... I also used a 3A supply for compare, no change...
                      Looks like its not the typical overcklocking (lets just put up the clock and burn everything).
                      I think its very sophisticated... and thats way i don't want to give up the hope that you keep working on the V2 Z4 Rom.

                      I have a Z68 Rk3368 and the box was almost useless (now its dead).
                      Last edited by Shomari; 18 April 2017, 19:38.

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                        dkholm56 the M8 Pro firmware uses a different misc/recovery configuration, it looks like. Its stock firmware doesn't boot on Z4.

                        Once I get it figured out I'll post something for you here and let you know. I'm close..
                        Last edited by Shomari; 18 April 2017, 19:59.

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                          Originally posted by jit18 View Post

                          Its the 4PDA Rom that shows the banding... It comes when you deactivate the always use HW overlay setting.

                          About mo's Rom.. i meant the Marshmallow one... I don't think that i can mix them and create Frankensteins Rom... (although it would be nice, it is a very stable Rom... but needs the right recource.img )

                          About V2:
                          I must say i never had heat problems or power supply problems... I also used a 3A supply for compare, no change...
                          Looks like its not the typical overcklocking (lets just put up the clock and burn everything).
                          I think its very sophisticated... and thats way i don't want to give up the hope that you keep working on the V2 Z4 Rom.

                          I have a Z68 Rk3368 and the box was almost useless (now its dead).
                          So that problem happens when disable hardware overlays is enabled? Because my firmware sets 'disable hardware overlays' by default

                          Again, you can use any V2 resource with mo123 firmware, as long as you also replace boot because that's where Nagrace firmware has the dtb. Of course, that'll give you the 'reboot bug'that lives in v2.

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                            Originally posted by jit18 View Post
                            If you are wondering how the "cooler" of the Z4 looks like, here are some Fotos.

                            It was really difficult to remove.

                            I replaced it with an old chipset cooler from an Elitegroup Motherboard (really old).

                            The metal plate at the top is meant to make contact with the cooler and spread the heat farther more.
                            ...hahahaha. You're braver than me. When I first started working on the RK3368 hack, I tried to mess with the heatsink and gave up when I saw how glued the one on the Z4 is. I didn't even bother with it after that because I thought I was going to rip the processor from the pcb, that's how tight it was.

                            Turns out I didn't need to mess with it in the end, anyway. Luckily.

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                              Originally posted by Shomari View Post
                              dkholm56 the M8 Pro firmware uses a different misc/recovery configuration, it looks like. Its stock firmware doesn't boot on Z4.

                              Once I get it figured out I'll post something for you here and let you know. I'm close..
                              great. You know I really had a feeling it was somehow related to recovery...Even TWRP is difficult to flash on this box. Even when I was able to boot into TWRP it would'nt see any partitions. May not be related but it was weird.

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                                It happens when you disable the "disable hardware overlays"...

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